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睨

nì

Character

What 睨 means

1. to look askance at

Words starting with 睨

• 睨视nì shìto look askance

Words containing 睨

• 斜睨xié nìto cast sidelong glances at sb
• 傲睨ào nìto look down upon
• 嗔睨chēn nìto look askance at sb in anger
• 睥睨pì nì(literary) to look disdainfully out of the corner of one's eye; to look askance at
• 眄睨miàn nìto look askance

Characters built on 兒

These share the phonetic component 兒 (ér), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 倪ní(literary) small child; (literary) limit; bound; extremity; (literary) to differentiate
• 霓níJapanese cicada; old variant of 霓
• 鲵níCryptobranchus japonicus; salamander
• 阋xìto argue; to quarrel
• 猊níused in 狻猊

Characters that look like 睨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 税shuìtaxes; duties
• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 腕wànwrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
• 睫jiéeyelashes
• 暇xiáleisure
• 跷qiāoto raise one's foot; to stand on tiptoe; stilts

Sounds the same

Read nì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逆contrary; opposite; backwards
• 腻greasy; soft; unctuous
• 泥restrained
• 溺to drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 匿to hide
• 昵familiar; intimate; to approach
• 伲(dialect) I; my; we
• 衵women's undergarments
• 堄parapet
• 惄distressed; famished
• 秜early-maturing rice
• 氼old variant of 溺